Finish forty and home [electronic resource] : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / Phil Scearce.
2011
D767.9 .S39 2011eb
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Finish forty and home [electronic resource] : the untold World War II story of B-24s in the Pacific / Phil Scearce.
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1st ed.
ISBN
9781574414370 (electronic bk.)
9781574413168
9781574413168
Publication Details
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press : Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 373 p.) : ill.
Call Number
D767.9 .S39 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/4973092 B
Summary
The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Mayborn literary nonfiction series ; no. 5.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Sergeant at seventeen
Hawaii
First mission
Nauru
Air raid
Chance
May 1943
The squadron's objectives
The Pacific preferred
Softening Tarawa
Forever consequences
Losing altitude fast
Back to Hawaii
Last flights
Ask the man who owns one
The meaning of boxes
Guam
Back in business
Halfway to forty
January 1945
Endings for some
Epilogue.
Sergeant at seventeen
Hawaii
First mission
Nauru
Air raid
Chance
May 1943
The squadron's objectives
The Pacific preferred
Softening Tarawa
Forever consequences
Losing altitude fast
Back to Hawaii
Last flights
Ask the man who owns one
The meaning of boxes
Guam
Back in business
Halfway to forty
January 1945
Endings for some
Epilogue.